John K. "Jack" Carmichael papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the correspondence, and diaries of John K. Carmichael, Jr., documenting his careers in the Air Force, education, politics and Ball Corporation as well as his involvement in religious and social organizations. Also included are scrapbooks documenting his time as Administrative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Ralph Harvey and Delaware County Clerk from 1958-1966, and his educational career from elementary school through college. P.074 includes photographs of his military career and other photographs of Muncie, Indiana.
Dates
- 1892 - 2007
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Biographical Note
John K. "Jack" Carmichael, Jr. was born July 3, 1930 in Muncie, Indiana. He graduated from Muncie Central High School and then Indiana University in 1958 with an A.B. degree in government. Carmichael enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and was honorably discharged in 1954 with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He taught social studies at Farmland High School (Monroe Central High School) from 1958–1961. Carmichael began his career in politics as the Administrative Assistant to Congressman Ralph Harvey, of the Tenth District of Indiana, serving 1958-1966. Carmichael also served as Delaware County Clerk from 1968-1971 and as a political advisor to Ball Corporation.
Socially he maintained membership in many organizations including Sons of the American Revolution, Kiwanis Club, Barons of Magna Charta and others. Carmichael was also active in the religious sector with activities such as the Gateway Center and the Billy Graham Crusade.
Extent
4.2 Cubic Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" Air Force military records, 1951-1979
Series 2: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" church records, 1935-2001
Series 3: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" correspondence, 1943-1960s
Series 4: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" diaries, 1951-1955
Series 5: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" education, 1946-1969
Series 6: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" politics, 1960-1972
Series 7: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" organizations, 1972-2002
Series 8: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" Sons of the American Revolution documents, 1924-2002
Series 9: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" yearbooks, 1948-1960
Series 10: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" congressional directories, 1961-1962
Series 11: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" oversized materials, 1950-1981
Series 12: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" artifacts, 1965-1966
Series 13: Carmichael, John K. "Jack" scrapbooks, 1936-1969
Series 14: P.074 Carmichael, John K. "Jack" photographs, 1906-1996
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from John K. Carmichael, Jr. on 2001/10/17. Additions were received in 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2011.
Accruals
Additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2003/6/10 by M.Whisler. Finding aid created 2003/6/10 by M.Whisler. Finding aid revised 2007/11/21 by R. Miller. Finding aid revised 2010/01/19 by Jennifer Morill. EAD finding aid completed 2009/01/21 by Maren L. Read. Finding aid revised 2011/02/11 by Bethany Fiechter. Finding aid revised 2011/07/20 by Bethany Fiechter.
- Church history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Local history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- John K. "Jack" Carmichael papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stoeckel Archives of Local History Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
libarchives@bsu.edu
